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Acceleration of electrons in laser-driven plasma wakefields has been extended up to the ∼8 GeV energy within a distance of tens of centimeters. However, in applications, requiring small energy spread within the electron bunch, only a small portion of the bunch can be used and often the low-energy electrons represent undesired background in the spectrum. We present a compact and tunable scheme providing clean and mono-energetic electron bunches with less than one percent energy spread and with central energy on the GeV level. It is a two-step process consisting of ionization injection with attosecond pulses and acceleration in a capillary plasma wave-guide. Semi-analytical theory and particle-in-cell simulations are used to accurately model the injection and acceleration steps.

Original languageEnglish
Article number059501
Number of pages1
JournalNew Journal of Physics
Volume23
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

    Research areas

  • laser wakefield acceleration, capillary wave-guide, high power lasers, particle-in-cell method

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